“At stake in our political life,” Paul Kahn observes, “has been not our capacity to be reasonable, but our capacity…
Political theology and political existentialism
political theology
Is sovereignty necessarily theological?
Paul Kahn's task, he says, is to describe and interpret, rather than demystify, America’s political theology. That political theology, he…
Political theology or political hierophany
In this book, Paul Kahn argues that political theology---as first defined by Schmitt---is not only a “polemical” discourse but also…
The integrity of theory
I am delighted that my new book on political theology has provided the occasion for this conversation. The editors have…
The political theology of freedom and unfreedom
Kahn has identified an ideal---the sacrificial ideal of freedom---that exists both as an ideal and at times in practice. And…
The politics of the atonement
To grasp the deep architecture of the political today, therefore, is to venture into the theological domains of Christology and…
Paul Kahn’s roots
Paul W. Kahn's Political Theology: Four New Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty is a compelling book, though compelling in…
The geopolitical imperative?
Ritualistic evocations of "America" . . . and the deep-seated sense that somehow the United States is sacrosanct space—war, by…
The perspective of the common
In liberal theory, essence is privileged over existence, reason over will, and endless discussion over decision. In political theology, things…
The Theological and the Political
From Fortress Press, an interview with Mark Lewis Taylor, author of The Theological and the Political: On the Weight of…